What do you mean by accepting?

I know children and pets are different but I have a tweaky dog who is afraid of his own shadow. He was not mistreated but his litter was neglected some and not held and such as a tiny pup. I got him when he was 4 mos old. He makes me nuts and I am not good when he is scared of stupid ****. I would not be good with a child who was afraid of life either. I try to be patient with him, I never would hurt him intentionally, he is the sweetest little guy when he isn't being terrified of some non-threat. I am able to work with him on things like -scared of walking around a corner for about 1 minute before I am like "just ****ing walk" -luckily he is dog and does not understand me. Do I accept that he is a tweaky little nutcase? yes I do - and I hire more patient trainers for him from time to time. I also just pick him up and carry him over scary things (usually while telling him he is a giant nutcase). Sometimes the cat terrifies him because ancient cat can't always jump on the couch and falls off - life terrifies him. Does one keep the cat (who has lived here 21 years vs 7 for dog) away? IT is demented
cat's home too -but dog gets scared. Who wins?